The aqueduct is in Silifke ilçe (district) of Mersin Province at 36°35′10″N 33°58′08″E / 36.58611°N 33.96889°E / 36.58611; 33.96889.

It is about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of the sacred place of Diokaesareia (now called Uzuncaburç town) and close to the capital of Olba Kingdom (a local kingdom).

The aqueduct was commissioned by the Roman emperor Septimius Severus (193–211) in 199.

On the inscription it reads "the city of Olba residents".

The aqueduct underwent repairs during the reign of Byzantine emperor Justinian I (527–565) in 566.